CVE-2015-8312 in OpenAFS

Summary

Off-by-one error in afs_pioctl.c in OpenAFS before 1.6.16 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory overwrite and system crash) via a pioctl with an input buffer size of 4096 bytes.

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• Reservation: 11/21/2015
• Disclosure: 05/13/2016
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-87368 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-119 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 7.8
• EPSS: 0.00040
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8312
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8312
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2015-8312/